Improvement in skirt-elevators



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

I). J. BOBIS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKI RTELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58.053, dated September 18, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, PIERRE JULIEN BoRIs, of Boston, Suffolk county, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvenien ts in Attach nien ts to Ladies7 Skirts for Raising Them, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings that accompany and form a part of this spccication, in which- Figure I is au interior view of a portion ot' a skirt with my invent-ion attached; Fig. II, a sectional View, showin g the skirt raised in folds l and 2; Fig. III, View of the clasp that holds the tape, and consequently the skirt, at the height desired.

Letter A represents a portion ot' the skirt; B, a clasp, iu the upper end of which is a small ring, t',- G, a narrow tape, one end ofwhich is fastened to the ring t'. The other is passed through the clasp B and down through the sheath D,as seen in Fig. I. D, asheath, formed by stitching together two narrow strips of cloth. This is attached at the upper end, together with the clasp B, to the fabric of the skirt, and at its lower end, together withvthe l lower end ofthe tape O, to the hem of the skirt. E E, other points at which the sheath D is attached to the skirt.

The clasp B is constructed of two opposing parts, as in Fig., III. A small spiral spring in the pin j acts to keep the clasp shut.

The part on which the linger is placed to actuate the clasp is marked h.

The sheath D is attached in one or more places besides the ends to the skirt, as at E in the drawings, and before mentioned.

I use a series of these clasps, tapes, and shcaths around the lower part of a ladys skirt, as many as desired. In raising the skirt, one has only to draw up the tapes and the clasp is self-operating. To drop the skirt, put the thumb or linger upon the lower end of the clasp and the tape is released, and the dress falls of its own weight.'

I do not claiin any particular. forni of clasp, provided it is suitable for the arran gement ot' the other parts.

Vhat I claim isi.

The combination and arrangement ot' the clasp B, the tape O, and the sheath D with a ladys skirt, substantially as described.

PIERRE JULIEN BORIS.

NTitnesses:

HOWARD TILDEN, WM. H. W AREE. 

